Tag: film
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Jurassic World (2015 review)
4 outta 5 As the fourth instalment in the series, Jurassic World does a different thematic take on Jurassic Park: the first is a classic horror movie, Lost World is a riff on King Kong, and Jurassic Park III is B-movie cheese. With World, there’s a subversive theme of commercialization creeping into the dinosaur world…
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28 Years Later
4 outta 5 28 Years Later is a different film than the original 28 Days Later and its sequel, 28 Weeks Later. First off, this is not as constantly intense as the first two films, this slows down a lot, but the Infected scenes are still gnarly, and somehow even more twisted than before. If…
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28 Weeks Later (’07 review)
3 out of 5 Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later was a pretty nifty re-invention of the zombie genre. Not only did the maverick director put his trademark visual spin on a well-worn horror idea, he even added a few more new ideas, mainly having the zombies (erm, I mean “infected”) run at a rapid pace…
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Blog: Ballerina (mini review)
Just trying a blog style mini review of Ballerina, although the ad campaign is giving it a long winded unweildly title of From the World of John Wick: Ballerina. Probably to get folks to see it for a John Wick universe (which apparently isn’t working very well if ticket sales are any indication, even though…
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The Phoenician Scheme
4 outta 5 Writer and director Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Phoenician Scheme, has a lot of his quirks as often happens in Wes Anderson films. It has a bit more heart than usual with following the chilly to heartwarming evolution of a relationship between a father and his estranged daughter. The movie, and the…
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Predator: Killer of Killers
4 outta 5 Predator: Killer of Killers is an awesomely gnarly addition to the Predator franchise. As an animated film, it allows for extreme camera angles and action that wouldn’t necessarily work in live action but looks dang cool in animation. As an anthology film, each story skips across the centuries of Predators enacting carnage…
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Prey (2022 review)
4 outta 5 With a back to basics approach, Prey turns out to be a shot in the arm for the long-running Predator franchise. Like the very good 2010 Predators film, Prey can be accused a wee bit of treading towards remaking the original Predator but it throws in enough differences to make this stand…
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The Predator (’18 review)
4 outta 5 Writer and director Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, Iron Man Three, The Nice Guys) has a way of combining ’80s style action throwbacks, rapid fire dialogue patter and extremely quirky characters. Now he sets his flashy style on the long running sci-fi horror franchise with The Predator. Black actually was in the original…
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Predators (’10 review)
4 out of 5 Predator is one of those rare, sturdy 80s Arnold Schwarzenegger action movies that hasn’t really dated at all. Predator 2 was just … less. Not terrible, but nowhere near as well-made. The two Alien vs. Predator movies are mediocre at best, and calling them “mediocre” is generous. So one would assume…
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Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (’07 review)
3 out of 5 Out of all the “vs.” horror movie franchises, Aliens vs. Predator is one of the few monster vs. other monster series that makes sense. Godzilla vs. King Kong? Simply two big creatures from their respective countries battling it out. Freddy vs. Jason? Round pegs hammered into square holes. Alien vs. Predator…
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